SeekerNvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
If the GeForce RTX 3060 can come close to its official $329 asking price, it's a great product for mainstream gamers. But in today's market, even with reduced mining performance, that's an unlikely if, as its performance lands right between the RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super.
-- As reviewed by Tom's Hardware
Product details
- NVIDIA Ampere Streaming Multiprocessors: The building blocks for the world’s fastest, most efficient GPU, the all-new Ampere SM brings 2X the FP32 throughput and improved power efficiency.
- 2nd Generation RT Cores: Experience 2X the throughput of 1st gen RT Cores, plus concurrent RT and shading for a whole new level of ray tracing performance.
- 3rd Generation Tensor Cores: Get up to 2X the throughput with structural sparsity and advanced AI algorithms such as DLSS. Now with support for up to 8K resolution, these cores deliver a massive boost in game performance and all-new AI capabilities.
- OC mode: Boost clock 1867 MHz (OC mode)/ 1837 MHz (Gaming mode)
- Axial-Tech Fan Design features a smaller fan hub that facilitates longer blades and a barrier ring that increases downward air pressure.
PROS
+ Theoretically great price to performance
+ Ample 12GB VRAM
+ Throttled mining to keep it in gamers' hands
+ Efficient and compact designs available
CONS
- Launch price seems highly improbable
- Mining detection of questionable value
- Pretty big step down from 3060 Ti performance
- EVGA card is a bit noisy
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Tom's Hardware on July 07, 2021
If the GeForce RTX 3060 can come close to its official $329 asking price, it's a great product for mainstream gamers. But in today's market, even with reduced mining performance, that's an unlikely if, as its performance lands right between the RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super.
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